Pupil Bulletin 2018

All Pupils S1 and S2 S3 and S4 S5 and S6

Friday 15th June

Mrs McLoughlan leaves us today, Friday 15th June, to begin a new post as a Service

Manager for Stirling Council. Mrs Mcloughlan has supported many young people and

their families over the years at our school. We would like to thank her for all her

work and wish her well in her new post. On Monday 18th June Mr Hamilton will start

as Depute Head Teacher and head of Stewart House.

Career ready

Career ready pupils should remember to hand their permission slip to Miss

Montgomery.

Pupil voice - communication

Can all members of the Communication Pupil voice group please meet in room 131

P2.

Open University YASS Students

Please will all OU Applicants return their completed application forms to Dr

McDonald as soon as possible. If you need to pick one up please come up to Room

213 during lunch time today. The sooner these applications can be sent off the

better.

Project MELT

Glacier retreat and climate change has been on the news this week. The work we are

doing is helping with this research.

Another analysis session will take place on Friday after school in Rm 141. Feel free to

come along to make a difference.

Pupil Meeting

The following pupils must see Miss Bilsborough during break time today:

Cameron Laird, Mikolaj Mroz, Logan Rae, Hollie Moore, Ciara Grant, Ella Crawford

Erin McKenzie, Emily Melrose, Katherine Hendrix, Georgia Freed, Connel Laing

Sadie Douglas, Leona Band, Samantha Thomson, Anna Kinsley, Eva Angus

Laura Balmer, Jamie-Lee Kane, Niamh Lyons, Sarah Purser, Charlotte Kildare

Liam McQueen, Liam Easton, Katie Harley

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Thursday 14th June

Junior Games

Can the following pupils meet Mr Knight in the PE Classroom at break today;

Suraj Pandeya, Rhys McLean, Arjun Vaid, Harvey Cotteril, James Clafferty, Finnlaidh

Stokoe, Alix Newton, Millie Noonan, Evie Noonan, Mohammad Haider, James Miller,

Finn Lanyon, James Clafferty and James Brown.

Hockey Club

Can all pupils who attend Hockey Club meet in the Dance Studio at break today.

Sports Awards

See any member of the PE Department for your free ticket to the Sports Awards on

Monday. Mr Durno will be in the Hub at break and lunch with tickets. Remember

that nominations for players / performers of the year can still be made through Mr

Durno or Marco.

Learner participation conference (pupil voice)

Please can all young people involved in the pupil voice groups go to the LRC on

Monday (18 June) after they have registered. This is an opportunity to increase your

voice in Stirling High. The conference will last from P1 until P4. If you were not

involved in pupil voice previously, but would like to be, please speak with Mr

Hamilton before Friday. S5s on Work Experience next week can still be involved at a

later date.

Women in Engineering with Network Rail

To mark International Women in Engineering Day this month, Network Rail are

planning to host a workshop at their site office near Kerse Road bridge on Thursday

21st June, from 10am to 12.30pm and would like to invite three, 4th/5th female

students from Stirling High School to attend, who perhaps have an interest in STEM

subjects.

If you are interested in this event there is a meeting in Rm 109 on Friday 15th at

Interval.

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Barcelona 2019 reminder

An installment of £70 is due by 22nd of June if not already paid (next Friday). Any

questions please come and see Miss Lochhead in room 125.

(New S4) DoE

Thursday 14th June Period 1

Return all of your DoE kit that you borrowed during period 1 to Rm 109.

You will return your kit as a group.

Wednesday 20th June Lunchtime 12.40 pm

This meeting will reflect on the DoE Expedition. Everyone must attend.

Thursday 21st June 3 pm

To complete the Expedition section of the Award your group must give a

presentation. All of these presentations will be done during this meeting.

Bee meeting

Could the pupils involved in the Bee Project please meet in Mr Ambrose's room (032)

after school on Thursday for their 4th beekeeping lesson. This week we are going to

be tasting samples of honey 🐝

Scottish Fire and Rescue Water Safety

Can all S6’s who attended the SFR water safety event last week please check their

school Gmail and complete the short evaluation.

Wednesday 13th June

Summer Concert

The summer concert takes place on Tuesday 19th June. Free tickets are available

from the school office, a maximum of 2 per person

Junior Games 2018

Please can the following pupils meet Mr Knight in the PE classroom at break today;

Emily Melrose, Joseph Colvin, Ashok Panday, Daneesh Baig, Mary Gair, Ellie Preston,

Ross Greenhorn, Logan Perrie, Madie Lawson, Richie Balfour, Rory Goodman, Callan

Harrison, Gregor Saunders, Jamie McLaughlin, Jack Campbell, James McCombie,

Aaron Fowler and Liam Malcolm.

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Sports Awards

A reminder that the 1st ever SHS Sports Awards is on Monday from 3.45 - 5pm. If you

have not voted for your Player / Performer of the Year please see Mr Durno or Marco

to do this! All pupils from all sporting extra-curricular clubs are invited.

Young Scot NEC Card

Young Scot would like to hear your views on what discounts

and rewards you would like to see for young people in

Stirling. Please complete a short survey via the link

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SW83Y8L

Tuesday 12th June

Focus groups

A reminder that following pupils should attend the rooms outlined below today:

P1 - Pupil learning and teaching (community suite)

P2 - Pupil leadership (community suite)

P2 - Digital skills (room 132)

Julia Kupczk Connel Laing Ella Mackie

James Cairney Chloe Rodgers Liam McQueen

Kester Harris Amanda Gordon Joseph Colvin

Angus Henderson Louis Mackie David Beechey

Jamie Burke Scott Sergeant Clare Robinson

Eva Angus Amy Hanlon (with Mrs Togneri)

Nicholas Mackay

Kirsten McNaughton Eve Moffet

Christopher O’May Holly Powers

Jude Fell Emily Melrose

Catherine McLeod Julia Kupczk

Rory Semple

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Music Department

The following pupils must hand in medical forms to Miss Bilsborough by Wednesday

13th June: David Beechey, Willow Church, Luke Connelly, Connel Laing, Natasha

Geddes and Katie Harley.

One space has become available for this year's choir trip in August. If you would like

to come along please see Miss Bilsborough ASAP.

S1-S3 Water Polo Championships

There is a meeting today at break in the PE classroom for any S2-S4 pupil interested

in competing in a Water Polo Tournament on Friday.

Sports Awards

The Sports Awards have been rearranged for Monday 18th June from 3.40-5pm. We

hope to see all of those who take part in an in-school sporting club there!

Monday 11th June

S2 & S3 (New)

A pupil from each form class to the office to collect letters.

S3 Dance Workshop

A reminder all pupils who signed up for the Dance workshop should go to the Dance

studio after registering in PSE. Could all pupils get changed at break time.

Young Scot

A Young Scot discount has now been secured for The Pure Gym, fantastic news for

the young people 16+ in Stirling and Scotland.

https://www.youngscot.org/discounts/puregym/10-off-membership-and-no-joining-f

ee/

The Peak also offer a Young Scot Discount:

https://www.youngscot.org/discounts/the-peak/free-be-active-card/

English Textbooks

The following S6 pupils should return copies of Death of a Salesman to Mrs.

Cuthbertson in the English Department:

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Iain Blair, Corran Cardwell-Gillies, Rachael Chapman, Ruari Doherty, Sophie Graham,

Ben Greengrass, Ross Hutchison, Olivia Leishman, Ewan McMurray, Murray

McWhinnie, Kirsty Miller, Connor Preston, Rory Semple, Kate Sinclair.

Ramadan

Any pupil requiring additional support during Ramadan should speak to Ms Allen.

For all pupils

On Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th June the school is being visited by our education

partners to look at the quality of learning and teaching and other aspects of our

school. Visitors will be attending various classes to observe learning and teaching and

to talk with pupils. Some pupils will be involved in discussion groups with our visitors.

All pupils are asked to be as helpful and respectful towards our visitors as they are to

all staff.

Digital/Coding champions

Can all digital and coding (raspberry pi) members please see Mr Hamilton at break in

room 132.

Food Festival

Unfortunately we have had to cancel our planned Community Partnership Food

Festival for Sat 16th June. We are now focussing our efforts towards making our

Winter Fete on 1st December a craft and food event.

Choir Trip 2018

All pupils attending this trip should join our new 'Choir Trip 2018' Google Classroom!

The class code is 46maaw.

S5/S6 volunteers - Kids' Day Out

Anyone wishing to volunteer to help out at the Kids' Day Out on Wednesday 13th

June, 9.30-2pm at Bridgehaugh, should give their name to Miss Allen. The event is

for kids with additional support needs.

Modern Apprentice - Active Stirling

Active Stirling are looking for several modern apprentices, including Sports Coaching

and Business & Admin. If you are interested in applying for any of these posts please

see the full job description on the website www.activestirling.org.uk.

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Summer Concert Tickets

Tickets for the summer concert can be collected from the school office (two tickets

per family) these are free and any spare tickets will be released a couple of days

before the concert.

Litter out of school

Please remember that when you are out of school at lunchtimes that there are many

bins available for your use. Please do not drop your letter in the local community

and use the bins provided. We work very closely with the community and are very

proud of the work our Eco club has done over the past 15 years. We need everyone

to play their part in ensuring that our high standards are maintained.

16+

John Clark Motor group are looking for 2 Vehicle Technician Apprentices. If you are

interested, check out the school Facebook page for more information and all

applications should be sent with a cover letter and CV to

recruitment@john-clark.co.uk